The gaming displays that caught our eye at CES 2026

CES is about many issues, however primarily it is about screens. TVs and laptops get probably the most consideration, however you may discover all types of recent PC displays, too. At CES 2026, a number of firms are utilizing the commerce present as a possibility to replace their gaming monitor lineups. This 12 months increasing what OLED panels can do by way of refresh charges, brightness and coloration manufacturing is the massive focus, however there’s some extra uncommon choices, too, like a glasses-free 3D monitor. The assortment under are a few of our favourite gaming displays which have already been introduced:

LG UltraGear GX7

The LG UltraGear GX7 is the quickest and brightest gaming monitor LG has supplied to date and a gaming-focused showcase for LG Display’s 4th-gen RGB Tandem 2.0 OLED technology. The new show tech splits up the yellow layer of the corporate’s Third-gen OLED tech into distinct pink and inexperienced layers that, when stacked with blue layers, create brighter, extra energy-efficient screens.

In the case of the UltraGear GX7, the brand new 27-inch monitor reaches a typical brightness of 335 nits, and is VES DisplayHDR True Black 500 licensed, for deeper distinction between the darkish and vibrant components of the display screen. LG touts the show’s Dual Mode, which lets discerning players swap between two distinct settings: a 540Hz refresh price mode at QHD decision, when picture high quality is what you care about most, or a 720Hz refresh price mode at HD decision, when pace is your precedence.

Whichever mode you select, LG guarantees the monitor will provide a easy and stutter free expertise. It has a 0.02ms response time and helps each NVIDIA G-Sync and AMD FreeSYNC Premium Pro, so try to be set, no matter what your pc’s specialty is. For $1,000, the LG UltraGear GX7 looks as if a excessive watermark for OLED gaming displays.

Samsung Odyssey 3D and Odyssey OLED G8

Samsung’s new Odyssey 3D monitor is the “world’s first 6K display with glasses-free 3D,” with a 6,144 x 3,456 decision, and the power to take video games “beyond 2D” by monitoring the place of your eyes, and enhancing terrain, distance and object separation. Even when you’re not focused on taking part in previously 2D video games like Lies of P: Overture with an added sense of depth, a 32-inch LCD display screen with a 165Hz refresh price that is able to being boosted to 330Hz via Samsung’s Dual Mode is nothing to sneeze at, particularly with a 1ms response time.

On high of its large 3D monitor, Samsung can be pushing its personal up to date OLED tech at CES. The firm’s new 32-inch Odyssey OLED G8 makes use of a 4K QD-OLED panel with a 240Hz refresh price and a glare-free therapy for added visibility. The monitor has a VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 certification, however in contrast to LG’s show, its brightness is capped at 300 nits.

ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM and ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV

While the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM makes use of a Tandem OLED panel – a panel with two light-emitting layers, just like the Ultra XDR Retina show on Apple’s latest iPad Pros – the massive change ASUS is targeted on at CES 2026 is its new RGB Stripe OLED format, know-how LG helped pioneer. These up to date panels use “a full RGB sub-pixel arrangement” to provide sharper textual content and extra correct coloration replica when in comparison with the QD-OLED panels the corporate has used prior to now.

The 27-inch ROG Swift OLED PG27UCWM will be run at 4K with a 240Hz refresh price or at FHD with a 480Hz refresh price. The show additionally has a 0.03ms minimal response time for easy and clear motion, and 99 p.c DCI-P3 coloration gamut protection for extra vibrant and correct coloration replica. The OLED monitor additionally features a “Neo PRoximity Sensor” which mechanically turns the display screen off whenever you’re not it, to stop burn-in.

NVIDIA’s new G-Sync Pulsar tech, which makes use of variable backlighting to cut back blur, is particularly meant for aggressive players, and ASUS’ new ROG Strix Pulsar XG27AQNGV monitor is without doubt one of the first to help the brand new tech. The monitor encompasses a 27-inch, 1440p  panel with a 360Hz refresh price and “the fastest response time” ASUS has ever achieved in a 1440p LCD show. The monitor additionally contains DisplayPort, HDMI 2.1 and a number of USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports for no matter gadgets you need to connect with it.

MSI MPG 314CQR QD-OLED X36

The star monitor of MSI’s new merchandise at CES 2026 is the wordily titled MSI MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36, a curved, 34-inch ultrawide monitor, with new OLED panel. Like Asus, MSI is mixing totally different OLED show applied sciences for higher outcomes. This new monitor makes use of a Fifth-gen Tandem QD-OLED panel with an “RGB Stripe sub-pixel layout” for sharper visuals. MSI additionally applies what it calls “DarkArmor Film” to “enhance light absorption,” eradicate the reddish tint some QD-OLED panels have underneath ambient gentle, and increase black ranges by “up to 40 percent.”

As an ultrawide, the MPG 341CQR QD-OLED X36 has a decision of three,440 x 1,440, a facet ratio of 21:9 and a refresh price of 360Hz. MSI says the monitor can attain a peak brightness of 1,300 nits, and the corporate gives a number of HDR modes to modify between relying in your wants. Similar to ASUS, the monitor additionally features a sensor for detecting whether or not a human is in entrance of the display screen – MSI calls it an AI Care Sensor – in order that the monitor can power-off or enter standby mode when not in energetic use.

ViewSonic VX2738 2K OLED Gaming Monitor

ViewSonic’s new gaming displays are extra approachable and (presumably) extra inexpensive than the choices from opponents, however not essentially much less performant. The firm top-of-the-line mannequin, the ViewSonic VX2738 2K OLED Gaming Monitor has a 27-inch 2K QHD QD-OLED panel with a 240Hz refresh price and as much as 0.03ms response time.

The monitor helps AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA G-Sync for smoother gameplay. The VX2738 additionally has the power to scale down its picture by way of a 24.5-inch “esports mode” for aggressive settings. ViewSonic says the monitor will embody HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 1.4 ports and be out there for $500.

HP HyperX Omen OLED 34

HP’s latest monitor underneath its unified HyperX Omen gaming model is the HyperX Omen OLED 34, a curved 34-inch monitor with a QD-OLED panel. HP says the monitor makes use of V-stripe QD-OLED tech, which like in MSI and ASUS’ displays, means sharper textual content and higher coloration accuracy. The HyperX Omen OLEd 34 has a facet ratio of 21:9, a 360Hz refresh price and a 0.03ms response time.

The monitor has 100W USB-C energy supply for whichever laptop computer you determine to connect with it, and a built-in KVM swap, HP says. Plus, the corporate is providing a customizable, 3D-printable headphone hook, if you wish to retailer your equipment close by.

Acer Predator XB273U F6 Gaming Monitor

Acer is displaying off a number of new displays at CES 2026, however the Predator XB273U F6 Gaming Monitor stands out for its ridiculously quick refresh price. Acer says the 27-inch display screen has a 500Hz refresh price by default, that may be boosted to 1000Hz at a 1,280 x 720 decision when you use the corporate’s Dynamic Frequency and Resolution (DFR) mode.

The Predator XB273U F6 in any other case encompasses a 2,560 x 1,440 IPS panel with a brightness of 350 nits, that is calibrated to cowl 95 p.c of the DCI-P3 and 99 p.c of the sRGB coloration gamut. The monitor additionally has 2-watt audio system built-in, and contains HDMI2.1, DisplayPort 1.4 and audio out ports for connecting to the remainder of your PC gaming setup. Acer says the Predator XB273U F6 will probably be out there for $800 when it launches in Q2 2026 in North America.